door at Wittenberg. I think that is the cut-off year. Up until then
everyone
belonged to the Church of Rome.
Leo van de Pas
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From: "Renia" <renia@DELETEotenet.gr
To: <GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: De Meherenc de Montmirel royal gateway- new
Bob Turcott wrote:
To all:
In my estimation:
I have noticed that the protestant religoin started between 1505-1522 by
a monk named Martin Luther. In doing research of mideveil protestant
familes of Bayeuax france, There has been difficulty in getting marriage
data on some protestant noble families before 1522, is it likley one
reason is before 1522 the families may have been catholic? If anyone has
any input or clarification, please let me know.
All Christians in Northern Europe until about this time, were Catholics.
Those dissidents who could not tolerate Catholicism but who considered
themselves Christians, were called Protestants, because they were
protesting about the old religion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12495a.htm
In England, parish registers did not begin until 1538 and even then, only
spasmodically. Most such early registers have been lost or destroyed.
Most registers begin at the early 17th century, but many begin later than
that. Something similar may have happened in the rest of Europe.
So your difficulty in locating data has little to do with religion, but
much to do with bureacracy.